Policy
PST Null Data on Delete
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to force Outlook to fully nullify deleted data in users’ Personal Folder files (.pst) at the time that the data is deleted. If you enable this policy setting, data is immediately nullified in PST files when deleted. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, data remains in PST files until it is purged or overwritten by the user.
Internal name
L_PSTNullFreeOnDelete
Policy ID
14c8aaf7ad3c
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\pst Value name pstnullfreeondelete | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\pst
Value name
pstnullfreeondelete
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.